The Mao languages are a branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia and parts of Sudan.
During recent political upheavals, a few thousand Bambassi speakers established themselves in the valley of the Didessa River and Belo Jegonfoy woreda.
Much of the Mirab Welega Zone was once the home of Mao languages, but they have lost speakers because of the increasing influence of Oromo.
Some Koman-speaking groups in Ethiopia consider themselves to be ethnically Mao.
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